[hbru2013]

Hi
I have a quick question.. Let me start by saying I am very nervous when it comes to health stuff. I am 30 years old and have gone for my paps every year and I always insist on doing a colposcopy at the same time just so "in case" the pap is abnormal the colpo has already been done. I usually do 2 paps as well because I know they have a high false positive rate. I have no history of cancer and no one in my close family has breast/ cervical cancer. All of my paps and colpos have always been normal. I had one HPV pap that was positive a few years ago and one that was negative done on the same day. All HPV tests have been negative ever since .
Yesterday I’m at my obgyn and she was doing a pap and colpo because I insisted, and she says OK. When she started doing the pap/colpo , she said I see a small low grade abnormality and I;m going to take a biopsy. At this point, I almost had a heart attack. She knows I'm very nervous and was going to do the biopsy anyway so I wish she had not said anything. I had an appointment with my other obgyn later that day (like I said I always do the test twice because I'm neurotic) and he said he didn’t see any abnormality or abnormal tissues. He said obviously you will know once her colpo comes back but she may have just seen scar tissue since you have A LOT of scars from past colpos and thought it looked abnormal.
Is that possible? Im not a dr so I wouldn’t know scar tissue from abnormal cells or even normal cells. Could she have just seen scarring and thought it looked “abnormal”
Please advise.. I totally won't sleep until I get the results.
Bari

[tickle]

Bari, a recipe for a stress disaster is having two obygyns at one time. No wonder you are paranoid. We can't tell you why this happened, but can only assume the same as your other oby that the first oby saw scar tissue.

I suggest you have just one obygyn and make life a lot easier for you. It is not necessary to have a pap every year, but I commend you for your determination to stay healthy.

[J_9]

I hope you have had all the children you plan to have. Why? All of these invasive unnecessary procedures have most likely rendered your cervix either incompetent to carry a fetus to term, or unable to properly dilate for a vaginal delivery. ACOG (American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology) only recommends a PAP Smear every 3-5 years for healthy women with no risk factors.